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Nathaniel Ross

3×3 · top 24.2% of 284,439 all-time · competing since February 2017 · 2017ROSS01

Nathaniel Ross has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 14.92, set at Albany Winter 2019, puts him in the top 24.2% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 13,128th in the United States. Across 12 competitions since February 2017, he has put 218 official solves on the record across twelve events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 8% around a typical one, steadier than 99% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 27.36 in March 2017 to 14.92, a 45% improvement. Nathaniel has entered twelve competitions, more competitions than 94% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 24.2% of 284,439 all-time
14.92
signature single · Albany Winter 2019
218
official solves on the record
8%
solve-to-solve spread · steadier than 99% of the field

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingUnited States
3×314.9218.40
top 24.2%13,128 / 59,724
Megaminx1:24.951:30.07
top 24.9%1,715 / 7,841
4×456.711:05.69
top 32.7%5,222 / 19,072
Pyraminx7.7111.74
top 33.8%9,536 / 28,708
2×25.129.39
top 40.8%16,393 / 40,951
3×3 one-handed29.2234.39
top 44.9%6,061 / 15,683
5×51:56.282:16.51
top 46.9%3,902 / 9,401
Skewb15.6418.63
top 80.3%15,355 / 18,907
7×77:17.99
top 82.8%2,625 / 3,184
3×3 Fewest Moves53 moves
early days — 1 solve1,726 / 2,040
6×65:27.65
early days — 2 solves3,544 / 4,196
3×3 blindfolded6:12.18
early days — 1 solve1,828 / 2,092

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Dixon Spring 2017: 27.36Cat and Mouse 2017: 19.06Hillcrest Cubing 2017: 22.08ChicaGhosts 2017: 20.21Dixon Winter 2017: 18.09Lions Cubing 2018: 16.02Elk Cubing 2018: 18.39Albany Winter 2019: 14.92CubingUSA Great Lakes Championship 2019: 18.65Albany Fall 2019: 17.9314.9227.3625 Mar 20179 Nov 2019

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-12 3×3 single — 39,535 people have one; it is 2.92 away.
  • A sub-1:00 Megaminx single — 3,483 people have one; it is 24.95 away.

Targets move as he improves.